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Subject: Battle of Britain memorial day
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9362 15.09.20 - 01:13pm
Remembering those who gave their lives so that we could enjoy ours The pilots from many countries. Young lads, lucky if they survived a month. They had no fear. They said it was their duty, their job... We owe them so much * +

obi_jon 15.09.20 - 08:37pm


I knew one of the old boys who flew both Spitfires and Hurricanes from one of the local wartime airfields. He settled in the area after the war and worked on the farm when I was a really young lad, as strong as an ox he was. Nice old bloke, gave me a wooden toy tractor that he'd carved himself.(think i've still got it somewhere, probably in a box in the loft at my mum's house)

Konrad Nowaki was his name, 306 Squadron Polish Air Force. * +

badapple 15.09.20 - 08:56pm
watched a program about them the other day, brave bunch of lads and lasses the R.A.F deliberatly used to ethnically mix the crews up, so there wouldnt be any racial problems. We had pilots and ground crew from all over the world. * +

badapple 15.09.20 - 09:02pm
and if i remember rightly the polish lot were considered fkn they shot down the most german planes * +

9362 15.09.20 - 09:18pm
The Poles were. They had already seen their country invaded by Germany. So they had that to fuel their anger. After the war those what tried to return to Poland were taken prisoner or killed by the Russians which is why many remained here * +

sisfreak2017 16.09.20 - 01:07am
Going hiking up to a Lancaster Bomber wreck tomorrow. * +

9362 16.09.20 - 06:50pm
Where's that? * +

recurve16 16.09.20 - 07:06pm
We've got this going on tomorrow, he might get close to my place at some point.

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